# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/xu-zhonglin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:53:42.508Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/xu-zhonglin"
name: "Xu Zhonglin"
slug: "xu-zhonglin"
description: "Xu Zhonglin was a Chinese fantasy novelist who lived during the Ming dynasty. He is best known as the author of the 16th century semi-mythical novel Investiture of the Gods. He was born in Yingtian Prefecture, present-day Nanjing."
tagline: "Chinese writer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1550"
deathDate: "1560"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.8
  momentum:             1.771217712177122
  historical:           12.91137866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%AE%B8%E4%BB%B2%E7%90%B3"
    title: "许仲琳"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BC_%C4%8Cung-lin"
    title: "Sü Čung-lin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Zhonglin_(novelist)"
    title: "Xu Zhonglin (novelist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Zhonglin"
    title: "Xu Zhonglin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Zhonglin"
    title: "Xu Zhonglin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Zhonglin"
    title: "Xu Zhonglin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82_%D5%83%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6"
    title: "Սյու Ճոնլին"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Zhonglin"
    title: "Xu Zhonglin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Zhonglin"
    title: "Xu Zhonglin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A8%B1%E4%BB%B2%E7%90%B3"
    title: "許仲琳"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%97%88%EC%A4%91%EB%A6%BC"
    title: "허중림"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Zhonglin"
    title: "Xu Zhonglin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8E%D0%B9_%D0%A7%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C_(%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C)"
    title: "Сюй Чжунлинь (писатель)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8E%D0%B9_%D0%A7%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%8C"
    title: "Сюй Чжунлінь"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%E1%BB%A9a_Tr%E1%BB%8Dng_L%C3%A2m"
    title: "Hứa Trọng Lâm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3052283"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump